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Paul Sturm, Ridge to Reefs Roberto Viqueira – Guánica Coordinator – Protectores de Cuencas

Coral Reefs and Land Based Sources of Pollution: The Need for Interagency and Local Collaborations

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1. Unique conditions 2. Diverse stressors = diverse partnerships 3. Local knowledge and coordination

Loss of Historic Wetlands/Forest

Sediment

Short Watersheds

Solutions are local and have to be sustained

Common Stressors: Sediment from Bare soils

Source: Agricultural Clearing

Shade grown coffee

Cover Crops

Solutions:

Exposed Soil Partners •NRCS •FWS- Partners in Wildlife •Municipality of Yauco •NOAA RC •EQB –Envir Quality Board •EPA •Hydroseeding contractor •Guánica Restoration Coordinator •University of Puerto Rico •Cafesencia (Local NGO) •Protectores de Cuencas (Local NGO) •Local Farmers/ landowners

Wastewater

Source: Wastewater Solution: Improved treatment

Treatment wetlands

Denitrifying septics

Treatment wetlands partners PRASA- Sewerage Authority NFWF Municipality of Guánica EQB – Envir Quality Board EPA NOAA Technical Experts

Enforcement/ Standards

Stormwater Runoff

Source: Solutions:

Stormwater treatments

Infrastructure Issues

Infrastructure Problems

Bank stabilization

Re-establishing native riparian forest

Sector La Pieza

Parador 1929 Area area

Pump Station and Holding Basin

Wooldridge and Done, 2009. Improved water quality can ameliorate effects of climate change on corals. Ecological Applications Wooldridge, 2009. Water quality and thermal bleaching thresholds. Marine Pollution Bulletin

•“quantitative linkage between terrestrially-sourced dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) loading and the upper thermal bleaching thresholds of inshore reefs”

• “concrete evidence for the belief that improved watershed management/nitrogen reduction will increase the survival prospects of coral reefs to global climate change”

LBS is an actionable approach to minimize climate change impacts to coral

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